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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.12

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.12)

kalaviṅkaṃ plavaṃ haṃsaṃ cakrāhvaṃ grāmakukkuṭam  
sārasaṃ ca dātyūhaṃ śukasārike //

> The sparrow, the Plava, the Hamsa, the Brahmani duck, the village-cock, the Sarasa crane, the Raggudala, the woodpecker, the parrot, and the starling,  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.12) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.12) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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